The Organizing Committee of the International MTB Orienteering Championships 2017 invites all EMTBOC, EJMTBOC, EYMTBOC, WMMBOTC and O’France competitors to the opening ceremony, which will take place on Saturday, July 29th at 16:00.

The procession of participating federations will leave at 15:15 from the Event Center, in bike and parade through the streets of Orléans, to Place du Martroi (largest and most touristic place of Orléans with the statue of Joan of Arc, 1.5km from the Event Center) where the elected officials will deliver the welcome and opening speeches of the Championships.

The presence of all the federations is strongly desired in order to participate in the advertising promotion of the competition and orienteering.

Organization is delighted ! Can't believe we'll all meet in Orléans, at the end of the month !

While Bulletin 3 is out and available for everyone, since a few weeks now, we wanted to update you with the following :

Time keeping system : SPORTident Air+ (contactless) will be used for all events (EMTBOC, EJMTBOC, EYMTBOC, WMMTBOC). Competitors must use SI Active Cards (SIAC). On request before June 30th, organizer can provide SI Active Card (SIAC) free of charge against a cash deposit of 70€. Control stations will have a touch-free distance of 50cm. There will be a non-contact station at the finish.

Medical certificate : To participate in the WMMBTOC, you must :

Hold either an annual competition license issued by the French orienteering Federation of, or a UNSS school license. No other sport license will be accepted.

Or for non-licencees, hold a medical certificate of non-contra-indication to the pratice of the competition in orienteering), not older than one year (photocopies accepted). Your medical certificate will grant you a Pass’Orientation pass. Download medical certificate template if you don't already have one.